The World of Playing Cards

Early Cadiz pattern by Marchan — Typical early Cadiz pattern by Marchan of Cadiz, 1817. — wopc.co.uk/spain/early-ca… By Roddy Somerville

König Otto von Griechenland — A chapter from European history in the collection of the Münchner Stadtmuseum. — wopc.co.uk/germany/king-o… By Marek Brejcha

Khajuraho playing cards, India — Sacred erotic sculpture from the temple walls captured in a modern souvenir deck. — wopc.co.uk/india/khajurah… By Peter Burnett

Persian Ganjifa — Hand-painted Persian ganjifa cards reflecting a once-popular eight-suited card game. — wopc.co.uk/iran/persian-g… By Simon Wintle

Mystery Objects — I have finally identified the purpose of this puzzling piece of card-playing kit. — wopc.co.uk/members/tony-h… By Tony Hall

Urban Cats Tarot — Urban Cats Tarot is a Major Arcana deck inspired by the cats that inhabit the streets and neighbourhoods of Chiang Mai, Thailand. — wopc.co.uk/tarot/urban-ca… By Adam Wintle

MAT by Counter Clockwise — Colourful deck inspired by chess for the game Mate. — wopc.co.uk/czech/mat-by-c… By Marek Brejcha

Dr Who Cyber Adventures — Futuristic techno-themed playing cards with circuitry graphics and metallic Cybermen. — wopc.co.uk/uk/dr-who-cybe… By Simon Wintle

Cheating at Whist and Bridge — — wopc.co.uk/members/tony-h… By Tony Hall

Feine Quitli Karten — A typographic living fossil from turn-of-the-century Vienna. — wopc.co.uk/austria/piatni… By Marek Brejcha

Moon Baby Tarot — Moon Baby Tarot is a recoloured and reformatted edition of the 1972 Hoi Polloi Tarot, later issued in two Kickstarter editions (2021, 2022) by Brent Palazzo. — wopc.co.uk/tarot/moon-bab… By Adam Wintle

The Dark Knight Joker Calling Cards — Joker “Calling Card” set issued in connection with the film The Dark Knight (2008). — wopc.co.uk/playing-cards/… By Adam Wintle

Tarot by IELLO Games — A modern French tarot deck designed by Charlène Ingouff with radiant Art Nouveau echoes. — wopc.co.uk/france/tarot-b… By Marek Brejcha

Good Pals Valentine’s Playing Cards — A thoughtfully designed and elegantly presented Valentine’s gift deck. — wopc.co.uk/china/good-pal… By Simon Wintle

Windows Error Playing Cards — Monya’s Windows Error Playing Cards (エラートランプ) turns Windows-style system alerts into a deck of cards. — wopc.co.uk/japan/windows-… By Adam Wintle

Federal 52 — Federal 52 (2013) was Jackson Robinson’s first Kings Wild playing card release, based on the engraved style of United States banknotes. — wopc.co.uk/usa/kings-wild… By Adam Wintle

History of Tarot and Playing Cards: Timeline & Origins — An alternative history of tarot and playing cards – from Mamluk Egypt to the invention of tarot in Renaissance Italy. — wopc.co.uk/the-history-of… By Ana Cortez

Early nineteenth-century Transformation cards — Vernacular hand-painted Transformation cards, probably early 19th century. — wopc.co.uk/transformation… By Ronald Wells

Pictures of Early Whist writers and their stories — The Invisible Experts: Tracking the Elusive Faces of Whist History. — wopc.co.uk/members/tony-h… By Tony Hall

Playing Card Books - References — A guide to reference books for playing-card collectors, focusing on museum catalogues, collection surveys and bibliographies useful for identification, dating and further research. — wopc.co.uk/playing-cards/… By Paul Bostock